I just posted a 7+ year review of Remote-Learner and thought it would be helpful to anyone still researching this (as this appears to be the most Googled thread on the subject):
http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=208606&parent=911894
It is part of a larger thread that is here:
http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=208606
Hope it helps some moodlers out there!